Grant Edwards wrote: > [Why are Python programs referred to as "scripts". Python no > more a "scripting" language than Java, Pascal, Smalltalk, > Objective C.]
I think it's because the term "script" is a nice, simple word that evokes the idea of "source file that can be directly executed", which is a convenient thing to be able to say in fewer words than that... I think it would be unusual for anyone to refer to a multi-file Python program as merely a "script". We do often call individual source files in a large Python program "scripts", but I think that's probably just out of habit or association: calling single Python source files "scripts" is so common, even if they aren't scripts in the sense of "individually executable files written in a scripting language" any more. -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
